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Price Increases in Germany Fail
To Spark New Inflation Concerns

FRANKFURT -- Rising oil prices pushed up consumer prices in German states in March, but the rise isn't a problem for the euro-zone economy or the European Central Bank, analysts agreed Wednesday.

Two German states released their consumer-price reports for March on Wednesday, both of which were slightly above expectations. This followed similar data from another German state Tuesday. Three more German states are expected to release...